Ger Gilroy was joined by Arthur James O'Dea and Dara Smith-Naughton to run through the morning's papers on Thursday's Off The Ball Breakfast.

Maybe Heimir Hallgrímsson is being a little too optimistic talking about Ireland's qualifying for the 2026 World Cup, but it did force the lads to question - why can't Ruben Amorim be a little bit more confident about the job facing him at Manchester United?

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